Police investigating death of 86-year-old Sandusky man found in burning house

SANDUSKY – Firefighters found a man dead in his home Tuesday and Sandusky police are investigating his death as a homicide, according to a news release.
The Sandusky Fire Department responded to 2201 Campbell St. at 8:29 p.m. after neighbors called 911 to report that 86-year-old George Martin’s home was on fire.
Neighbors informed firefighters that two elderly people lived at the residence and they believed the couple was possibly in the home at the time of the fire, the report said.
Martin’s wife was not in the home at the time of the fire. She arrived on the scene shortly after the firefighters, the report said. She told responders that her husband was possibly in the home.
Fire crews extinguished the blaze and entered the home and discovered Martin’s body. They called the fire “suspicious” due to several possible points of origin, the report stated.
Erie County Coroner Brian Baxter and Sandusky police detectives were called to the scene and observed apparent multiple stab wounds to Martin’s body, the report said.
Martin’s body is being sent to the Lucas County coroner’s office for an autopsy, according to the report.
Anyone with information regarding the person or persons responsible for Martin’s death is asked to call the Sandusky police detective bureau at 419-627-5877.